The flight of Jesse Leroy Brown
By: Theodore Taylor.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Brown, Jesse Leroy.; United States. Navy -- Aviation -- Biography.; Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.; African American air pilots -- Biography.; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American.
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, American.
Description: Against the odds of poverty and racism, Brown became the first black man to fly a Navy fighter and make a carrier landing before becoming an American hero over the battlefields of Korea.
Notes: Includes index.